Keegan Brown
- title Director of Roster Management
Brown comes to the Bluegrass after spending two years with the Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks as the video coordinator. Prior to his time with the Herd, Brown spent five seasons with Pope at BYU where he advanced from video coordinator to director of player personnel. In that role, he was involved in scouting coordination, roster construction planning, NIL strategy and allocation, and integrating analytics into personnel decision-making.
With the Herd, Brown was involved with coaching operations and player personnel. In addition to leading video and workflow infrastructure, he supported G League Draft preparation, player pool scouting, roster evaluation processes, trade-related analysis and G League scouting efforts for the Milwaukee Bucks. He also contributed to the Milwaukee Bucks’ pre-draft processes, assisting with draft intel preparation and supporting pre-draft workouts.
With the Wildcats, Brown will work closely with Pope and the staff to support the program’s roster-building efforts. Specifically, he will be involved with roster construction and player acquisition strategy, including transfer portal evaluation and acquisition strategy, roster planning, scholarship allocation and resource optimization. Furthermore, Brown will be involved with player personnel scouting, evaluation and decision support.
He will utilize the integration of analytics into recruiting and roster decisions, along with coordinating information across staff, agents and key external relationships.
Brown earned a Master’s in Sports Business Management and an MBA from the University of Central Florida, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University.